Fast Car Magazine January 1998 Renault 5 Golf VR6 BMW Peugeot 306 Escort (1503)

Original Fast Car Magazine – January 1998, a substantial late-1990s UK tuning issue covering modified hatchbacks, performance builds, ICE, styling and aftermarket upgrades.

The cover is centred on a heavily modified Renault 5, with a very distinctive grey/blue custom body and oversized wheels, alongside a large “Party Issue” headline and a wide spread of feature cars listed inside.

Magazine Details

Publication: Fast Car Magazine
Date: January 1998
Cover Price: £3.10
Genre: Modified Cars / Tuning / Performance / ICE
SKU: 1503

The issue is very representative of late-1990s British modified-car culture, with a mix of French, German and Ford-based builds plus period ICE and styling features.

Main Magazine Features

The contents pages show a broad line-up of feature cars and tuning articles, including:

• Renault Party Animal – Renault 5 feature
• Jim’s Beamer – BMW feature
• PSG Golf VR6
• Sexual Intercorsa – Corsa feature
• Rally Replica Civic
• Mad Ford It – Escort turbo feature
• Cavalier Wake-Up Call
• Pugjama Party – Peugeot 306 feature
• Escort Agency
• Project Escort Bestcort
• MTX Renault 5
• Totally Exhausted – performance/exhaust testing
• Budget Head Units
• ICE hints and installation-related material

This gives the issue a particularly broad spread of Renault, Volkswagen, BMW, Honda, Ford, Vauxhall and Peugeot content.

Tuning & Styling Content

The issue reflects the tuning trends of the period, including:

• Lowered suspension
• Large alloy wheels
• Turbocharged builds
• Wide-body styling
• ICE and head-unit upgrades
• Exhaust systems
• Interior modifications
• Project cars
• Performance testing
• Show-car presentation

The contents also indicate buyer and technical features alongside the major car builds, making it useful as a period reference for the late-1990s modifying scene.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage condition with visible age and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• Front cover shows light-to-moderate surface rubbing and marks.
• There is visible creasing and edge wear, especially along the spine and outer corners.
• Top-left corner has some wear and curling.
• Lower-left corner shows rubbing and light fraying.
• The magazine has some general waviness from age/storage.
• Spine shows wear but appears largely intact in the photographs.
• Internal contents pages appear bright and readable with normal handling wear.
• Rear cover and spine area show edge rubbing, small creases and light scuffing.
• No obvious writing or heavy staining is visible in the supplied images.

Overall, this presents as a used but complete-looking vintage tuning magazine, with cosmetic wear consistent with age.

Please study all photographs carefully as they form part of the condition description.

SKU: 1503